St Mary's Hospital, Manchester

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St Mary's Hospital
Location
Place Manchester, England, (UK)
Organisation
Care System Public NHS
Hospital Type Specialist
Services
Emergency Dept. Unknown
Beds Unknown
Speciality Paediatric, Obstetrics & Gynaecology
History
Founded 1790
Links
Website Homepage
See also Hospitals in England

St Mary's Hospital for Women and Children is a hospital in Manchester, England. It was founded in 1790. St Mary's provides a unique range of inter-related services specifically for women and children. Out-patient and in-patient facilities exist to provide mainstream and speciality services in the areas of:

  • Obstetrics,
  • Gynaecology,
  • Paediatrics,
  • Special Needs Paediatric ward,
  • Neonatal medicine,
  • Neonatal surgery,
  • Genetics / Immunogenetics Laboratory,
  • Department of Reproductive Medicine, and the multi-disciplinary approach adopted by clinicians aims to provide the highest standard of care for mother and child.

St Mary's Hospital is headed by a Clinical Director and a Directorate Manager. Clinical services are managed in clinical teams and represented at the Directorate Management Board, which meets regularly.

Approximately 800 staff, including doctors, nurses, midwives, clinical and non clinical support staff work in St Mary's Hospital.

A range of clinical and non clinical support services are based at the site to support the work undertaken, including well established departments of radiology and physiotherapy.

[edit] Future plans

The development of St Mary's as a regional specialist centre continues, with the transfer of maternity and neonatal services from Withington Hospital. Neonatal surgery and neonatal medicine are shortly to expand. Paediatric medicine and surgery are growing in complexity and volume, and with some conditions becoming more prevalent amongst children - such as diabetes and asthma - St Mary's response has been to develop specialist clinics to cater for children with these symptoms.

In addition to the services already listed, the Sexual Assault Referral Centre, also based at St Mary's, represents a unique collaboration between Central Manchester Healthcare Trust and the Greater Manchester Police Authority. The Centre accepts emergency or self referrals from adults who have been raped or sexually assaulted.

[edit] Teaching hospital and research

As a teaching hospital, St Mary's has close links with the School of Medicine, University of Manchester. There are three University Chairs in post (in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Child Health and Medical Genetics) and the University has extensive research facilities on the hospital site.

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Coordinates: 53°27′34″N, 2°13′31″W